Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



w. McNORTON.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 19122.

1,82,470 Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

an on W1 WILLIAM MGNORTON, OF

THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letterslfatent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed January 23, 1918. Serial Lia-213,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM MGNORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thompson Falls, in the county of. Sanders, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and RailFasteners; and I do-hereby declare and exact th e following to be a full, clear, description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in railway structures and particularly to rail ties and rail fasteners.

One object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efi'ective device of this character which will hold the rail against spreading or from vertical movement with respect to the tie.

Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein the rail will be firmly held in place but permitted to move due to the normal expansion and contraction of the metal of the rail.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway rail, showing the tie in end view and equipped with my improved rail fastener.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable locking member, removed from the tie.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 and 11 represent a pair of tie members each of which has an upper rail supporting plate portion 12 and the depending peripheral flanges 12, which latter are arranged to be embedded in the roadbed. Carried in fixed relation to the tie and on the upper face, near the member,

are the rail base enopposite longer edges, gaging lugs or fingers 13. It will be noted, upon reference to Fig. 2, that these fingers are arranged in offset relation so that they engage with the base of the rail 14 on opposite sides thereof and at spaced distances along said base.

Formed vertically through the plate portion of the tie, adjacent the longer edges thereof, and at points opposite the lugs or fingers 13, are the keyhole-shaped openings 15. A. member, such as shown in Fig. lis disposed through each of these openings. This -member comprises a cylindrical stem portion 16, on the upper end of which is formed a head which resembles the head of an ordinary railway spike, as shown at'17. On thelower end of the stem there is formed a radially extending web 18 which is arranged to be passed through the longer portion of the keyhole opening, the stem portion passing through the circular portion thereof. It will be noted that the web portion extends in the same direction as the longer portion of the head, whereby the said web will engage beneath the lower face of the plate portion of the tie when the head engages with the upper face of the base of the rail.

Thus to position therail on the tie, said rail is placed thereon in a position diagonally of the tie and then turned until it extends transversely thereof, at right angles thereto, when'the lugs or fingers 13 will engage over the base flange of the rail, and on opposite sides of the rail. The key members, shown in Fig. 4, are then inserted through the keyhole openings and turned so that the heads engage with the base of the flange and the web with the under face of the plate portion of the tie. These members, in connection with the lugs or fingers 13, securely hold the rail against any movement except that due to the normalexpansion and contraction of the metal of the rail.

Detachably connected to the inner end of the tie member 10 is a forked bar or rod 19, the same being connected to the tie by means of the removable vertical pins 20 and the cotter pins or keys 21 passed transversely through the pins. Detachably connected to the other end of the rod 19, by means of the pins 22, is a second rod 24, these rods being arranged between the tie members for the purpose of holding said members in proper spaced relation. The other end of the rod 24 is formed with a vertically extending stem 25 on one side of which is formed a radially extending Web 26. In the inner end of the tie member 11 there is formed a keyhole opening 27 for the reception of the said stem and web 25 and 26. It will be seen, from an inspection of the drawing, that the opening 27 extends in a direction transversely of the tie member, so that the rod 24 must first be placed in a position extending at right angles from the side of the tie to permit the insertion of the stem and Web in the said opening. After the stem and Web are properly inserted the rod is turned to extend from the end of the tie and coupled to theadja'cent end of the rod 19. This causes the web to engage with the under face of the tie 11 and effectively prevent accidental dis placement.

711211; is claimed is:

A rail tie having a plate portion, rail base engaging members fixed on the upper face adjacent the opposite longer edges thereof and in offset relation, said plate portion being formed with keyhole openings at points adjacent the longer edges of the tie and opposite the fixed members, and rail engaging members removably disposed in said openings and each including a stem portion, a radial web portion on one end, and a head portion on the other end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of Witnesses.

WILLIAM MCNORTON. Witnesses L. R. BAR'ro, W. A. BARTO, WM. Mosnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

